HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageRussia: Stop Forced Dress Code for Women in Chechnya 0
Post Views: 12 Harassment on the Rise Against Women (Moscow) – Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the start of Ramadan in
Read MoreUN must not use flawed data on cause of Nigeria oil spills 0
Post Views: 16 An Amnesty International report criticised the oil spill investigation system in the Niger Delta © Kadir van Lohuizen/NOOR Amnesty International has challenged the credibility of data cited by a senior UN official investigating oil-impacted sites in Ogoniland
Read MoreIndia rejection of Vedanta mine a landmark victory for Indigenous rights 0
Post Views: 9 Amnesty International has described the Indian government’s decision to reject the bauxite mine project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri Hills as a landmark victory for the human rights of Indigenous communities. India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests today rejected
Read More“El feminismo no muerde” 0
Post Views: 10 Dalia Acosta entrevista a la antropóloga y feminista mexicana MARCELA LAGARDEHay etapas en que se pierde la memoria histórica del feminismo, dice Marcela Lagarde LA HABANA, ago (IPS) – Con poco más de un siglo de existencia,
Read MoreKurdish prisoner is dying in Iranian jail 0
Post Views: 13 Kurdish prisoner Metin Ercan who has cut off his tongue to protest the torture he was subjected is reported to be in critical condition. Ercan who faces death risk suffered massive bleeding twice and his legs are
Read MoreLebanon: Critic of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction Efforts Detained 0
Post Views: 17 Military Intelligence Exceeding Authority by Arresting Government Critics (Beirut) –The Lebanese authorities should immediately release Ismael Sheikh Hassan, an urban planner detained by Military Intelligence on August 18, 2010, or promptly charge him with a recognizable crime,
Read MoreSaudi Arabia urged not to deliberately paralyse man as retribution punishment 0
Post Views: 7 Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyse a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight. Reports say a court in Tabuk, in the north-west of the country,
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La historia no se repite, pero rima
Post Views: 14 La historia no se repite, pero rima Tano D’Amico, bambino romNicolas Sarkozy ha puesto en marcha la deportación de cientos de personas de etnia romaní y ciudadanía rumana o búlgara. Primeramente los estigmatizó públicamente, acusándolos en una
Read MoreMalaysia should halt expansion of security force accused of abuses 0
Post Views: 11 RELA agents have a record of human rights abuses against migrants and refugees © Amnesty International The Malaysian government should scrap plans to expand a state-sponsored security force of civilian volunteers with a long record of human
Read MoreHalf the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide 0
Post Views: 19 Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocideThe authors of a new book, Half the Sky, say the slavery and abuse of women is the greatest moral outrage of our
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